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Volume 24

Biochemistry of the Mevalonic Acid Pathway to Terpenoids

Edited by

G.H. Neil Towers
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Helen A. Stafford
Reed College
Portland, OR, USA

PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON
Contents

Some Properties of Enzymes Involved in the Biosynthesis and Metabolism of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutararyl-CoA in Plants
Thomas J. Bach, Thomas Weber, and Anja Motel

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Plant 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase
M. Monfar, C. Caelles, L. Balcells, A. Ferrer, F.G. Begardt, and A. Boronat

Regulation of Monoterpene Biosynthesis in Higher Plants
Jonathan Gershenzon and Rodney Croteau

Sesquiterpene Lactones: Biogenesis and Biomimetic Tranformations
Nikolaus H. Fischer

Plant Hormones and the Biosynthesis of Gibberellins: The Early-13-Hydroxylation Pathway Leading to GA1
Bernard 0. Phinney and Clive R. Spray

Diterpenoid Phytoalexins: Biosynthesis and Regulation
Charles A. West, Augusto F. Lois, Karen A. Wickham, and Yue-Ying Ren

Terpenoid Anti-herbivore Chemistry of Encelia Species (Asteraceae)
Murray B. Isman, Peter Proksch, and Curtis Clark

Terpenoids from Selected Marine Invertebrates
Raymond J. Andersen, E. Dilip de Silva, Eric J. Dumdei, Peter T. Northcote, Charles Pathirana, and Mark Tischler

Control of Sterol Biosynthesis and Its Importance to Developmental Regulation and Evolution
W. David Nes


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